Reconnecting 10 Years Later 'Was The True Test Of Friendship And Time'

Last year, friends Jeanne Satterfield and Barbara Parham reconnected for the first time in a decade at a place neither of them expected to be — a homeless shelter.

On a visit to StoryCorps in October, Satterfield and Parham recall how reuniting at the Pine Street Inn, a shelter in Boston, couldn't have come at a better time.

"When I came through the door, I was scared to death," says Satterfield, now 62. "I didn't know what to do. I had never been homeless before."

For years, Parham had been caring for and living with her ill mother. When her mom died, Parham wasn't allowed to stay there anymore. Satterfield had to give up her apartment after losing her job, and also found herself without a home.

Satterfield arrived at the shelter last July, a few months after Parham.

"But I remember seeing your face," Satterfield tells Parham. "I was shocked. I go, 'Barbara!' and I waved to you. People were really astonished cause they said, 'Oh, you two know each other.' I said, 'We go way back.' "